James MacGregor

James MacGregor (24 February 1917-) was a British Army private during World War II. MacGregor served as a rifleman and radio operator in the British 7th Armored Division under Captain Michael Price.

Biography
James MacGregor was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 24 February 1917, and he joined the British Army when World War II broke out. MacGregor was assigned to the British 7th Armored Division, serving as a radio operator and rifleman during the Western Desert Campaign under Captain Michael Price. MacGregor fought at the Second Battle of El Alamein, Operation Supercharge, the Battle of el-Daba, the Tripoli Offensive, the Battle of Toujane, and the Assault on Matmata from 1942 to 1943, and Sergeant John Davis saved his life numerous times; the two worked together to call in artillery strikes on German armor at El Alamein. Davis would again save his life at the Battle of Caen in France in 1944, and MacGregor survived the war's end.